[27 April 1918]

And what did you reply to Mirbach in his written inquiry?

1 The note apparently was written at a session of the Council of People's Commissars on 27 April 1918, at which G. V. Chicherin was present. He wrote to V. I. Lenin about his conversation with the adviser of the German mission Ritzler ("the inspirer of Mirbach") on questions of requisition and contribution of property of the Baltic Germans. In response to Lenin's question, Chicherin puts forward a series of his proposals for a reply to the German ambassador in Moscow Mirbach and consults with Lenin about them.